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Joe Gannon's Blog – December 2017 Archive (2)
Wexford's James Power and the Trail of Tears to Texas
As nine year old Rosalie Hart came up onto the deck of the schooner “Sea Lion” there was a furious gale blowing. She and her family were thousands of miles from their home in Ballymoney, County Wexford, Ireland. She breathed in the clean sea air; a welcome relief from the…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on December 24, 2017 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments
'The Scourge of Tralee': Stalking 'The Major'
Late on Christmas night 1920, Irish Volunteers John Leen (24) and Maurice Reidy (25) stealthily made their way to the home of John Byrne, the creamery manager in Ballymacelligott, County Kerry. The cottage had been raided often, because Byrne was a well-known Republican who had…
Added by Joe Gannon on December 3, 2017 at 9:30pm — 9 Comments
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